The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.

Quote by James A Baldwin

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Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone...

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone...

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be...

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is...

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the...

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the...

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.